In some neighborhoods, the only way to get around is by boat.
Fast-rising floods inundated neighborhoods in Eastern Harris County, Texas, near Houston, prompting hundreds of rescues of people and pets stranded on rooftops and in their homes.Rapid rainfalls — almost 2 feet in a week in some places — put reservoirs at high levels at high speed.“Well, you can lose everything you have. I don’t have much,” said resident Timothy Douglas.
“This is the worst flooding that I've ever seen in my career, and I am a native of the area, so I just, I can't remember a time when we've had the river quite this high,” said Texas Game Warden Captain Ryan Hall.“There’s nobody out around there no more,” said Liberty County resident Elizabeth Davis. “It’s gonna be washed out probably, cause it's already up in my neighbor’s house, my friend’s house — it’s in everybody’s house out there.
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